2011 FIFA Women's World Cup Qualification
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determines which 15 teams join
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, the hosts of the 2011 tournament, to play for the Women's World Cup. Europe has 5.5 qualifying berths (including the hosts), Asia 3 berths, North and Central America 2.5 berths, Africa 2 berths, South America 2 berths and Oceania 1 berth. The 16th spot was determined through a
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match between the third-placed team in North/Central America and the winner of repechage play-offs in Europe.


Qualified teams

:1.The rankings are shown as of 18 March 2011, the latest published.


Africa

''(24 teams competing for 2 berths)'' As in the previous World Cup cycle the African Women's Championship will serve as the qualification tournament for the Women's World Cup. The tournament was scheduled to be held from 31 October to 14 November 2010 in South Africa. The two finalists will advance to the Women's World Cup finals in Germany. Eight teams will compete in the continental finals in South Africa, with qualification consisting of two rounds of knock-out home and away ties. The preliminary round was held in March 2010, with winners advancing to the first round of qualification, which was held in May and June 2010. The seven winners from this round, along with hosts South Africa, advanced to the continental finals. These finals will consist of two round-robin groups of four teams. The top two finishers in each group will advance to the two semi-finals, with each semi-final winner qualifying for the World Cup finals.


Final tournament

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Asia

: ''(17 teams competing for 3 berths)'' As in the previous World Cup cycle, the
2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup The 2010 AFC Women's Asian Cup was held from 19–30 May at the Chengdu Sports Centre in China PR. The winners, Australia, runners-up, Korea DPR, and third-place team, Japan qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. With this victory, Aus ...
served as a qualifying tournament. The five leading AFC nations,
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(the defending AFC women's champions),
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,
Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
,
China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...
and
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were automatic qualifiers for the finals (held from 19–30 May 2010). They were joined by the winners of each of three qualification groups held in July 2009. A preliminary round of qualification held in April and May 2009 began the qualifiers for the 2011 finals. The final tournament was held in
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, China. The two finalists – Australia and North Korea – and the winner of the third place play-off – Japan – qualified for the Women's World Cup finals. For the first time in the history of FIFA Women's World Cup, China failed to qualify for the finals.


Final qualification

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Europe

: ''(41 teams competing for 4 or 5 berths, host nation Germany also qualifies)'' Forty-one teams from Europe were drawn into eight groups on 17 March 2009. These groups were played between August 2009 and August 2010. The group winners advanced to four home-and-away play-offs (held in September 2010), with the winners advancing to the World Cup finals. The four losing teams competed in repechage play-offs the following month to determine a team to play against the third-placed CONCACAF team for the 16th place in the finals. Unlike previous qualification tournaments, all UEFA member nations were eligible to qualify. In the past, only those nations in the top tier of European nations played in qualification groups.


Direct qualification play-offs


Repechage play-offs

Italy advanced to the UEFA-CONCACAF playoff.


North America, Central America and Caribbean

''(26 teams competing for 2 or 3 berths)'' As with the last World Cup, the
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served as the region's qualification tournament. The
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,
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and
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received byes to the tournament, where they were joined by three teams from the Caribbean zone and two from Central America. Both finalists qualified automatically to the 2011 Women's World Cup. The third placed team met the fifth placed team from UEFA for an additional World Cup berth. The tournament was held in
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, Mexico, from 28 October to 8 November 2010.


Women's Gold Cup

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Oceania

''(8 teams competing for 1 berth)'' As in the previous World Cup cycle, the 2010 OFC Women's Championship served as a qualifying tournament. The tournament was held in
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, New Zealand, from 29 September to 8 October 2010. Teams played in two groups of four, followed by semi-finals and a final and third-place play-off. The winners, New Zealand, qualified for the Women's World Cup finals.


Final qualification

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South America

''(10 teams competing for 2 berths)'' As with previous World Cup qualifications, the Sudamericano Femenino was used to determine the qualification to the World Cup finals. Qualification was held between 4 and 21 November in Ecuador.Sudamericano Femenino Ecuador 2010: nueva fecha de disputa
from www.conmebol.com, retrieved 11 October 2010.


Final positions


UEFA–CONCACAF play-off

The winner of the third-place play-off at the
2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup The 2010 CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying was the eighth edition of the CONCACAF W Championship, the quadrennial international Women's association football, women's football championship contested by the senior List of women's national associ ...
will play-off against the winner of the repechage play-offs from the UEFA qualification tournament.


References

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